Brooklyn Columbus Parade & Brunch
The Brooklyn Columbus Parade sponsored by the Federation of Italian American Organizations and the support community groups and business invites you to participate in and celebrate the 32th Annual Parade. This year the parade will take place on Saturday, October 12th, 2013 at 1PM. The parade will be preceded by a celebratory Mass at St. Athanasius...
Personal Effects: Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo, Edvige Giunta and Nancy Caronia
Monday, December 1 Nancy Caronia and Edvige Giunta's edited collection, the first book to focus on an Italian-American woman writer, places Louise DeSalvo at the forefront of a cultural renaissance of the body-mind-spirit connection. Personal Effects (Fordham University Press, 2014) pays special attention to her memoirs, with their fearless explor...
Petrosino vive nella Little Italy
Il triangolo Kenmare, Lafayette Street e Cleveland Place, nel cuore dell'antica Little Italy, è dedicato al Lt. Joseph Petrosino, in onore alla leggendaria figura del poliziotto originario di Padula impegnato nella lotta alla Mano Nera, ucciso a Palermo in un agguato nel 1909. Ieri si è svolta una cerimonia per la posa di due targhe commemorative...
Francesco Paolo Tanzj, ambasciatore del Molise From Italy
Per troppi anni l'Italia è rimasta segnata, in silenzio, dalle oscenità dei politici e dalle violenze della corruzione che l'hanno messa al centro di simpatiche freddure e barzellette internazionali. Ora, però, sembra che qualcosa stia per cambiare: prima La Grande bellezza, poi l'Expo 2015. Questa è l'immagine di un'Italia che vuole farsi...
Dolci, Tè e Canzoni per Natale: A Christmas High Tea with NOIAW Staten Island
December 8 (Monday) 4:30 pmCelebrate Italian culture and share the season of good cheer with NOIAW members and friends. Victoria Ferrera, a NOIAW young professional member and talented singer will speak briefly about her experiences and delight us with a few songs.Please bring a plate of finger foods, such as Italian desserts, cheeses, baked goods,...
Mary Dimino to Star in "Scared Skinny" at the Engeman Theater, Beginning 4/8
The John W. Engeman Theater is proud to present SCARED SKINNY, written & performed by Mary Dimino, and winner of The New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Solo Show. The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is Long Island's only year-round professional theater company, casting its actors direct...
"L'oro di Napoli: All That Glitters Is Gold!" A Symposium
Thursday, June 4, 6:00 PM John D. Calandra Italian American Institute A city rich in art, literature, and culture, Naples is often associated only with what might plaque a large city. This symposium is dedicated to Naples and its many splendors. Guest of honor is the Honorable Luigi de Magistris, Mayor of Naples. Joining him with be scho...
Christmas in Naples. A Presentation by Anita Sanseverino
Wednesday, December 30th (6:30 P.M.). Please join Anita Sanseverino in a photographic tour of Naples during the Christmas season, culminating in the area's most important street during the season, Via San Gregorio Armeno, the street of the Presepio Napoletano. Anita will share a history of the presepio and how it became central to Naples, and...
Natalia Quintavalle, l’arrivederci di una New Yorker
di Stefano Vaccara Natalia Quintavalle è una donna destinata a rimanere nella storia degli italiani d'America. La diplomatica toscana di Pietrasanta, che termina in questi giorni il mandato di console generale a New York, la città "italiana" più importante fuori d'Italia, è stata infatti la prima donna chiamata a ricoprire questo incarico. ...
"Eating is serious business, but not too serious"
When: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021 Organized by : IIC - Entrance : Free Readings from Fabio Picchi's books: Papale Papale, Thoughts and recipes to nourish your soul And Florence. Walking through food and culture. Guide into...
Assets Many, Listings Few
At St. Finbar Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Michael Louis Gelfant presides over a flock that spans an old and new Bath Beach. He leads a Sunday morning Mass in English and Italian for parishioners, many of them Italian-Americans who have lived in this South Brooklyn neighborhood for decades. The afternoon Mass is celebrated in Spanish for more r...
The Italian-Americans of Mulberry Street, Long Before ‘The Godfather’
by James Estrin Strolling along Mulberry Street in Little Italy during this year's Feast of San Gennaro, visitors passed stands selling zeppole and sausage and peppers as vendors hawked "Fuggedaboudit" T-shirts and "Godfather"-themed trinkets. But when they reached St. Patrick's Old Cathedral at the corner of Prince Street, the atmosphere...